exaggeration
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/ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreɪʃn/
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/ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreɪʃn/
making something seem bigger, better, worse, or more important than it really is
His story about catching a huge fish was an exaggeration because the fish was actually small.